Cigar-bunching machine



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N. H. BORGFELDT.

GIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE.

Patented Apr'. 5, 1892.

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GIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE. No. 472,331. Patented Apr. 5, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

NICHOLAS II. BORGFELDT, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

ClGAR-BUNCHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,331, dated April 5, 1892.

Application filed April 13, 1891.

To ctZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS H. Bone- FELDT, a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improved Cigar-Bunching Machine, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of my improved cigar-bunching machine, the line 1 1, Figs. 2 and 5, indicating the plane of section. Fig.2 is a rear elevation of the machine. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section, on an enlarged scale, of part of the machine; Fig. 4, a similar section of part of the machine, showing the apron and roller and bunch in a different position. Fig. 5 is a plan or top view of the machine. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the lower rail for guiding the sliding frame. Fig. 7 is a diagram of a cigar to be formed on the machine; Fig. 8, a plan View of a mold-fork used for producing a bunch, resulting in the cigar such as is shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a cross-section of Fig. 8 on the line 9 9, Fig. 8. Fig. lOisaside view of the mold-fork shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a diagram of another form of cigar which can be produced on my machine; Fig. l2, a plan view of a mold-fork adapted to produce a bunch resulting in the cigar such as is shown in Fig. 1l; Fig.13, a side view of the moldfork shown in Fig. 12; and Fig. 14, a cross-section on the line 14 14, Fig. 12.

This invention relates to a new hand-machine for forming cigar-bunches-that is to say, for rolling the binders around the fillers of cigars in such manner that the completed bunch will be adapted to the production of cigars of certain predetermined form and size.

The invention consists of the novel arrangement and dispositions and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents the frame of my improved machine. This frame may be made of metal or other suitable material and is constructed to form a substantially horizontal platform or table a. Below this platform or table t is secured to the frame A a rail B, which serves asa guide for a sliding carriage C. The rail B is placed longitudinally beneath the table a, the carriage C being adapted to move longitudinally Serial No. 388,659. (No model.)

backward and forward, as hereinaftermore fully described. The carriage C consists of a body portion b, which rests on and embraces the rail B beneath the table a.. From this lower portion b extend, at the sides of the table, bracket-arms d, that serve to supporta transverse roller e above the platform or table a.. The brackets d are also, by preference, provided with handlesfand g, by means of which the operator can pull the sliding carriage forward-that is to say, in the direction of the arrow shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The rear portion of the carriage C connects with a spring or springs h, by means of which the carriage is normally drawn backward into the position shown in Fig. 1, but which spring or springs nevertheless allow the said carriage to be moved forward either by the hands of the operator taking hold of one or both of the handles f g or by a treadle which connects by suitable cord with the front portion of the carriage, such a cord being indicated by the broken line fr', that passes over a pulley j in Fig. 1, said pulley]l being hung in ornear the front end of the frame A.

If the carriage C is to have its roller c parallel with the upper face of the table a, the rail B will have its upper face also parallel with the face of said table; but if for the production of tapering cigars it is necessary to have lthe roller c more or less inclined to the face of the table a, then the rail B must be correspondingly inclined to properly tilt the entire carriage O and its appurtenances. To bring this about I have so secured the rail B as to permit it to be placed in the desired inclination laterally.

Fig. 6 represents a top view of the rail B, and it appears from 'the said figure that at one end the said rail has a gudgeon Z, while its other end has series of screw-holes. The gudgeon Z enters, as Fig. 1 clearly shows, a corresponding socket in the front cross-bar m of the frame A, so that said gudgeon can turn in said socket. The other end of the rail B is supported on a convex block n, (see Fig. 2,) which is also part of the frame A- that is to say, this block n has a convex npper surface, asin Fig. 1, so arranged that by loosening one of the fastening-screws and tightening the other, or vice versa, the rail B can be tilted laterally and held in this IOO tilted position to correspondinglytilt the earriage C and its roller e.

Above the back portion of the table a is placed and properly bolted an additional or top frame D, between the front portion of which and the upper surface of the table is securely clamped the rear end of the rollingapron E. I have represented the top frame Dto be fastened to the table a by a bolt o and corresponding nut, so that by unfastening said bolt the rear portion of the apron E maybe unclaniped and properly adjusted and thereupon reelainped in proper i'nauner. The front end of the apron E is clamped by a removable bar p against the front portion of the frame A, the bar p being secured in place by means of screws or analogous fasteners. (See Fig. 5.) It will be observed from the drawings that the apron E passes over the top ofthe roller e.

Fis a tension-roller placed nuderthe apron E close to the front end of the top frame D, said tension-roller being supported in and held back by springs q, whose rear ends are fastened to the sides of the top frame D. By means of this tension-roller the apron E is made practically elastic, and its tension may be regulated by increasing or decreasing` the power of the springs q in any of the wellknown manners for regulating the power of such springs.

It will be seen from Fig. 1 of the drawings, which shows the sliding carriage C in its normal and rearmost position, that the roller e, which is supported by the carriage C, is even in this position,and therefore always in front of the tension-roller F. To that part of the apron which in this last-mentioned normal position of the sliding carriage C is between the rollers c and F, I apply a weight Ir. This weight, which may be a rod of any kind secured to the apron in any suitable manner, serves to depress that part of the apron which is normally between the rollers F and e and carry the slack of the apron between the said rollers in the said normal position, thereby avoiding an undue amount of apron in front of the roller e at the time that the tobacco is to be received on said apron.

The front end of the table a serves to sup port the rolling-board G, which rolling-board is rigidly attached to the frame A by means of screws or otherwise, and thereby becomes part and parcel of the frame A. In fact, as the drawings show, (see Fig. 1,) the front end of the roller-apron E is fastened by the crossharp to the front end of said rolling-board G. The rolling-board G may be adjusted to a greater or less height by means of proper adjusting-screws underneath it, as indicated in Fig. 1, or by screws passed through side straps, as indicated in Fig. 5, or in any other suitable mechanical manner, and may by the fastening instrumentalities also be held in the desired inclination to have its upper face parallel with the roller e when the latter is inclined.

It will be perceived from an inspection of Figs. 1, 3, and 4E that between the rear end of the rolling-board G and the front end of the top frame D the machine forms a depression, within which the cigar-bunch is to be formed. In this depression I prefer to place upon the table a a mold-support ll or block, having an upwardly-inclined upper surface, which is advantageous mainly for bringing the mold and the bunch in its insipient stages into the most convenient position for the operator.

I is a receptacle for the tobacco to be used in the making of the filler. This receptacle is a box open in front and on top, and so placed with reference to the remaining portions of the machine that its front end overlaps the roller e in its rearmost position, as indicated in Fig. l. This receptacle l is secured to the top frame D, or to any other part of the stationary supporting mechanism, but preferably to the top frame by a hook-like bracket s, engaged undera pin t, as indicated in Fig. 1. By having the front end of the tobacco-receptacle extend over the rollere when it is in the rearmost position,I enable the operator to conveniently move the requisite quantity of tobacco from the said receptacle into the mold, which, as will be hereinafter shown, is directly in front of the roller e.

Of course it will be understood that for varying forms and sizes of cigars the inclined mold-support lI may be replaced by another moldsupport of different form, and also that said inclined mold-support may be entirely dispensed with, it being largely for convenience that its use is preferred.

J is thcmold. Itsgeneralconstruction will be more clearly apparent from Figs. S, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 1i. This mold is a fork, forming a mold-cavity which is open at the top and at the bottom and also open at one end, as clearly appears from Figs. 8 and 12. The tines u c of this fork are shaped, when longitudinally considered, as in Figs. 10 and 13, to give the mold-cavity between them the varying degrees of height, which will result in producing a bunch of the desired shape. Thus Fig. 10 shows the longitudinal aspect ot' one of said tines, and therefore of the Inoldcavity, conforming to the shape of the cigar, Fig. 7, to be produced, while Fig. 13 shows a different form of mold-cavit-y and tine elevation for producing a cigar like that represented in Fig. 11. These figures also show that the length of the mold-cavity may also be varied, and the cross-sections, Figs. Sl and 1t, show that the thickness can likewise be varied to suit the cigar to be produced. At the closed end of the fork the mold J has a handle w, which, when said mold is placed on the machine, projects, as Fig. 5 indicates, beyond the side of the machine proper into position, therefore convenient for the operator to handle the said mold. Beneath this handle I may attach a stop x to the mold,which stop determines how far the mold may be pushed laterally into the machine, its object IOO IIO

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' chine is attached a suitable bunch receiver or clamp L.

Having now described the construction of my machine in its preferred form and the sev eral parts composing it, I Will briefly state hoW it is used to make cigar-bunches. Supposing the slide C to be in its rearmost position and the tobacco for the filler to be contained in the receptacle I, the operator rst places a binder-leaf 'y upon that part of the apron E Which is on the rear portion of the rollingboard G, so, however, that said binder-leaf Will partly extend over that part of the apron Which lies in the depression between G and D. The operator now places the fork-shaped mold J upon the apron directly behind the rolling-board in the position indicated iii Figs. l and 5, covering with the mold J the rear end of the binder-leaf y, as in Fig. l. I-Ie noW takes the requisite quantity of filler-tobacco and places it into the mold-cavity, the moldcavit-y being of such shape as to determine when full the shape of the filler for the particular form of cigar to be made. When the mold-cavity has been lled With the requisite quantity of filler-tobacco, the operator keeps the same down With the fingers of one handsay With the fingers of the right hand-as in Fig. l, and then with the other hand takes hold of the handle w of the mold J and Withdraws the same laterally from the machine, so as to leave the filler-tobacco on the rear portion of the binder left'still under pressure of his fingers, as inl Fig. 3. He now proceeds to draw the slide-carriage C forward, and thus to envelop the filler and binder left in the apron, rolling the Whole bunch forward along the upper face of the rolling-board, as in Fig. 4, until finally the apron discharges the en tire bunch properly completed into the bunchreceiver L. This operation can be performed by the most unskilled operators, Asince the fork-shaped mold constitutes a gage of the most reliable character for the quantity of tobacco to be used as ller for each cigar and of the manner of placing the particles of said filler with proper relation to each other for the production of a bunch of desired form. In fact, the fork-shaped niold is actually a mold for predetermining the shape to be imparted to the bunch, and after this shape has been determined my invention permits of the withdrawal of the mold from the machine, so that the apron can then continue to perform its labor.

Having now described my invention, I claini- 1. The combination of the frame A, forming the table a and having thesocketed cross-bar m, and the convex block n, with the rail B, having gudgeon Z, which is adapted to fit the socket in the cross-bar m, the other e'nd of the rail resting on the convex block In, With the sliding carriage C, guided on said rail, said sliding carriage holding the roller e above said table ct, and with the apron E and rolling-board G, all arranged to permit the tilting of the rail B and the roller e,substantially as herein shown and described. s

2. The buncli-shaping mold J for measuring the filler, the same being fork-shaped to forni a mold-cavity open at the top and bottom and at one eiid, said cavity approximating the shape of the bunch and provided with a handle w at the closed end,substaiitially as heiein shown and described.

3. The bunch-shaping mold J, made forkshaped, with a cavity open at top and bottom and open at one end, the upper edges of the tines constituting the fork being curved to conform to the shape of the bunch to be'produced, their lower edges being substantially straight, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The bunch-shaping mold J, the same being fork-shaped to produce a mold-cavity open at top and bottom and at one end and provided with a handle w at the closed end and With the lower stop substantially as herein shown and described.

NICHOLAS H. BORGFELDT.

Witnesses:

HARRY M. TURK, HENRY E. EVERDING. 

